Hi,
I'm just wondering if I'm alone here.
Anyone else working in Ho Chi Minh City?
Cheers!
Working in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, Malaysians working in Vietnam
Working in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, Malaysians working in Vietnam
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Apr 3 2019, 05:38 PM, updated 6y ago
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Hi,
I'm just wondering if I'm alone here. Anyone else working in Ho Chi Minh City? Cheers! |
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Apr 22 2019, 08:50 AM
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QUOTE(N900rocks @ Apr 21 2019, 05:43 PM) I'm working as an Engineer here on the Metro Project.Pay is good, enough for a luxury life here. But this is subjective and depends on individuals.... My luxury could be your norm, and could be ridiculous for others, so it really depends. I'd say what i earn here will allow me to live my life 3 times better than in KL. |
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Apr 24 2019, 03:01 PM
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Apr 25 2019, 10:33 AM
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QUOTE(N900rocks @ Apr 24 2019, 10:36 PM) Been working in financial services, currently in foreign bank. There are tons of banks here. But i'm not familiar with this field. So no lubang for u.writting business case, credit review and analysis. guess it would hard for me to explore to vietnam aik with banking experience. Unlike engineering like you But i dont mind to jump into another field lar haha Even in my line of work, there's no vacancy for expats |
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Apr 25 2019, 10:33 AM
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Apr 25 2019, 10:55 AM
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Apr 25 2019, 12:03 PM
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Apr 26 2019, 10:41 AM
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Jul 22 2019, 03:21 PM
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QUOTE(cofin @ Jul 22 2019, 01:29 PM) I work in HCM for 10 years already .....huhuhu That's quite a drastic change then. I suppose life is much more bearable now?Yet i still cant speak Viet lol and i got another colleague he was here 15 years also cant speak....really fail expat 10 years ago and now i can say that HCM really different .... still remember the cheap days where fast food is luxury, no Facebook, crappy 3G and i had to keep on realod my phone to make calls back to Malaysia, only 2-3 shopping malls, single lane road. If CNY you gonna cook maggi mee as everything off. Paying and accepting USD instead of VND. Everyday power cut because not enough electricity Now no more ..all had change Would you say it's better now? I feel that food is still fairly cheap compared to KL. |
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Jul 22 2019, 03:22 PM
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Jul 22 2019, 06:18 PM
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QUOTE(cofin @ Jul 22 2019, 04:34 PM) hmm what kind of food ? heh....how come so pricey?I can name you a few place that its expensive ... eat at roadside dirty but for me its nice lol Com Tam Ba Ghien ....they have 2 place ...one at Phu Nhuan another at Nguyen Tri Phuong Their pork chop rice can cost you vnd55k for normal or vnd85k for ribs add on egg and the meatloaf vnd75k Thats like RM13 for a food you eat by the roadside ...sometime got hair in the rice somemore lol but it is delicious Got a Pho also RM8-10 at Phu Nhuan also not bad. Tourist eating place Nhu Lan beside Bitexco also not that cheap but quality ok ok la. If you miss malaysia food can eat Satay House but damn sucks and their price damn expensive. roadside food, com tam cost me like 40k for 3 meats & 1 vege. roadside dish rarely above 50k..... maybe we eat different place |
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Jul 23 2019, 09:14 AM
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Jul 23 2019, 09:25 AM
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Jul 23 2019, 10:14 AM
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QUOTE(Jzeez @ Jul 23 2019, 10:12 AM) wow, they transferred you from Malaysia to HCMC? Nope, not transferred. Jobless in Malaysia after the axing of all the rail projects.Will you stay there for long? Your accommodation provided by the company? Hopefully not too long, want to be back in Malaysia when it's possible. Yes, company gives me housing allowance. |
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Jul 23 2019, 06:06 PM
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Aug 28 2019, 12:25 PM
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QUOTE(cofin @ Aug 28 2019, 11:54 AM) jitshiong Mine paid to me straight in my HSBC account in Vietnam. I lose out in forex conversion as well.Just one question ....how does your company deal with your salary payment? Mine from the old days they try to evade tax then they pay in cash then government not allow then now we have a useless local bank to bank in useless VND then a problem with TT salary back to Malaysia ourself ... Just want to know how does your company pay your salary? TT straight to malaysia bank? I not sure why my company dont want to TT to my Malaysia bank maybe they dont want to lose the TT fee and exchange rate? Not right for the government ? After my complain now they try to TT using their oversea bank because its a joint stock company so they got oversea business account......then i lose a lot on exchange rate as double conversion Really headache with this company salary payment now Tax paid by the company. I don't have that problem. I know a friend who gets paid in Cash to avoid tax as well. Still doing so. |
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Aug 28 2019, 01:14 PM
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QUOTE(cofin @ Aug 28 2019, 12:34 PM) damn you also same need to lose forex conversion ..... then i make noise towards my company also no use ...then you TT back to Malaysia using HSBC VN? Yes, TT back to HSBC Malaysia is FOC for me. No fees.Yea...my tax also handle by the company our vietnamese bank account damn useless ...mine is vietcombank ....our bank account local cant transfer money to us but we can transfer to local. We cant bring cash to bank in to our bank account and only the company can bank in salary to us. We cant register their eWallet (airpay, momopay..etc). I think from last month or this month we cant even do e-Fix Deposit ....really crap vietnam banking Cash method last time can use but then the government dont allow already ...how he get working permit if he continue paid in cash I suggest you use Timo by VP bank. PM me, i'll send you the details. It's super convenient, almost all expats use this e-bank. |
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Aug 28 2019, 03:54 PM
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QUOTE(cofin @ Aug 28 2019, 01:20 PM) oh i know Timo ....but Airpay is the best now as Shopee, Foody, Now many having discount on it. Ok, anything that's best suited for your usageBut i use Moca pay by grab is enough ..... collect grab point for more discount other than that use BigPay ...low conversion |
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Aug 29 2019, 09:10 AM
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QUOTE(cofin @ Aug 28 2019, 04:02 PM) One more question ...have you try to TT the amount larger than your monthly salary ? That is what i was told too. But i did transfer more than my monthly salary before. Not an issue. But it is my salary, because it took some time to set up the bank account, so I have accumulated a few months of my salary. So my 1st transfer was more than my monthly salary.I was told by local banks that they dont allow to transfer a sum which is larger than your monthly salary....the banking here really funny |
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Aug 29 2019, 12:17 PM
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QUOTE(cofin @ Aug 29 2019, 11:10 AM) I've heard about it, i'm not sure how it works.I was also informed by the bank, i can only transfer the same amount as the money i've earned. Nothing more. So maybe say your salary 10k/month, after 3 months, max u can send back is 30k. I think better to check with your bank on their requirement. |
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